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Yarborough handily won the match, 587,030 (74.6 percent) to Whittenburg's 185,926 (23.6 percent) at a time before the Republican Party of Texas became competitive at the congressional level.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Press's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' Vol. 2, 6th edition ([[Washington, D.C.]]: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010), p. 1465</ref> Whittenburg, as a Senate candidate, advocated a constitutional amendment to provide for the direct election of justices of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in accordance with the procedure employed for choosing members of the Texas Supreme Cour]; he believed the voters would choose [[conservative]] justices.<ref name=google>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|title=Big Feud at Cadillac Ranch|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121126155523/http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|archivedate=November 26, 2012|df=}}</ref>
Yarborough handily won the match, 587,030 (74.6 percent) to Whittenburg's 185,926 (23.6 percent) at a time before the Republican Party of Texas became competitive at the congressional level.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly Press's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' Vol. 2, 6th edition ([[Washington, D.C.]]: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010), p. 1465</ref> Whittenburg, as a Senate candidate, advocated a constitutional amendment to provide for the direct election of justices of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in accordance with the procedure employed for choosing members of the Texas Supreme Cour]; he believed the voters would choose [[conservative]] justices.<ref name=google>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|title=Big Feud at Cadillac Ranch|publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20121126155523/http://www.texasmonthly.com/1996-03-01/feature-2.php|archivedate=November 26, 2012|df=}}</ref>
In 1962, Whittenburg lost the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to Jack M. Cox, then an oilfield equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who was in turn defeated in the [[general election]] by the then Democrat [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] Whittenburg said that he wanted to be governor to check what he called the "dictatorial powers" of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=google/>
In 1962, Whittenburg lost the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] primary to Jack M. Cox (1921-1990), then an oilfield equipment executive from [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], who was in turn defeated in the [[general election]] by the then Democrat [[John Connally|John B. Connally, Jr.]] Whittenburg said that he wanted to be governor to check what he called the "dictatorial powers" of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=google/>
==Background==
==Background==